[vox-tech] Nursing home wi-fi mystery

[Brian E. Lavender]

I bought the T-mobile 4G USB dongle from Walmart and you used to be able
to get 3.5 GB for 60 days for 35 bucks. But, I don't see it now.... :(

brian

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 03:47:44PM -0700, Chris Jenks wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 11 May 2015, Brian E. Lavender wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 10:05:18AM -0700, Rod Roark wrote:
> >>Here's a puzzle for you experienced network administrators.
> >>
> >>My mom-in-law is in a nursing home and I wanted to set up a MagicJack
> >>for her to save some bucks on her phone bills.  The facility has Wi-Fi
> >>with unsecured guest access where you just have to accept the terms of
> >>use via a captive web portal.
> >>
> >snip
> >>
> >>Any other ideas?
> >
> >Metro PCS android
> 
>   I think Rod found a solution. But if not, a 4G dongle with the
> $30/month Walmart t-mobile plan would provide 5 GB of data. But
> "free" is nice!
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